Published on 5 Feb 2020 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (BIT:G) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 3 days. You can purchase shares before the 18th of May in order to receive the dividend, which the company will pay on the 20th of May.
Assicurazioni Generali's next dividend payment will be €0.50 per share, on the back of last year when the company paid a total of €0.96 to shareholders. Last year's total dividend payments show that Assicurazioni Generali has a trailing yield of 7.6% on the current share price of €12.56. Dividends are an important source of income to many shareholders, but the health of the business is crucial to maintaining those dividends. So we need to check whether the dividend payments are covered, and if earnings are growing.